EĞİTİMDE BİLİMSEL YAYIN ETİĞİNE BÜYÜYEN TEHDİT: SAHTE DERGİLER VE KONGRELER

Year 2019, Issue: 50, 548 - 576, 26.04.2019

Rahsan Sivis Cetinkaya

Abstract

Bu derleme makalenin amacı, dünyada ve Türkiye’de bilimsel yayın etiğinde
büyüyen bir tehlike olan sahte dergiler ve kongreler konusunda eğitim
alanındaki araştırmacıları bilgilendirmektir. Nadir bir araştırmaya göre
(Demir, 2018a) Türkiye sahte dergilerin en çok bulunduğu üçüncü ülkedir. Özellikle
eğitim alanındaki araştırmacılar arasında artan sayılarda sahte dergilerde
yayın ve şaibeli kongre katılımları dikkat çekmektedir (Demir, 2018b, 2018c). Buna
karşılık, eğitimle ilgili yayın yapan ulusal dergilerde bu konuda bilgilendirici
çalışmalara rastlanmamaktadır. Türkiye’de eğitim alanyazınındaki bu boşluğun
doldurulmasına yardımcı olmak amacıyla bu derleme çalışması yapılmıştır.
Çalışmanın giriş kısmında etik bilimsel yayın sürecinin temel özelliklerine ve
geleneksel bilimsel yayıncılık modeline ilişkin bilgi verilmekte, daha sonra
açık erişim modeli ve sahte dergilerle kongrelerin nasıl ortaya çıktığı
açıklanmaktadır. Sahte dergilerin ve kongrelerin ortak özelliklerine ve
yöntemlerine ilişkin bilgi verilmiş, ulusal alanyazınında varolan sınırlı
sayıda yayın incelenmiştir. Sonuç kısmında, sahte dergi ve kongrelerin
zararları tartışılmakta ve önlenmesine ilişkin öneriler sunulmaktadır.

Keywords

: bilimsel yayın etiği, sahte dergiler, sahte kongreler

GROWING THREAT TO SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING ETHICS IN EDUCATION: PREDATORY JOURNALS AND CONFERENCES

Abstract

The aim of this study is to inform scholars of education about the growing
danger of predatory journals and conferences (PJC) in scientific publishing
ethics. A rare study (Demir, 2018a) revealed that Turkey ranks third among geographical
locations of predatory journals. Increasing numbers of publications in
predatory journals and participation in predatory conferences is also most
prevalent among researchers from educational fields (Demir, 2018b, 2018c).
Nonetheless, the national literature of education lacks informative studies
regarding PJC. The present study is expected to help fill this gap in the
education literature. The introduction of this paper provides information about
ethical scholarly publishing, followed by a description of the traditional
scholarly publishing model. The open access model and the emergence of
predatory journals is explained next. Common features and methods of PJC are
presented. An insight into the current situation regarding PJC in Turkey is provided
through an analysis of limited national research literature that is available.
The paper concludes with a discussion of harm related to PJC, and
recommendation of preventative measures against them.

Keywords

scholarly publishing ethics, predatory journals, predatory conferences

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